my windowsill

It's so hard to get a good picture but this is the best I could get.

I found a fun blog challenge: What's on your windowsill?

Thought I would share what I have.

First, I have to hang most of my plants because I have cats that love to eat anything green.

I tried to spray hot pepper & garlic water on them (which was suggested by another blog- I think Martha) but it only made them eat the plants more???  Weird!

The super tall plant is my Mother-of-Thousands

My sister gave me a baby one when she found it at a flea market with her mother-in-law.

Well, let me tell you- it really is a mother of thousands. 

Along the edge of each leaf

tiny plantlets grow

& when they drop they start the whole process all over again. 

I read they can even grow in a carpet.

Of course they are succulents.

So the only way to really kill this one is to overwater {right Mom?}. 

It thrives on dry soil.  A really great & easy houseplant if you ask me.

I have a Jade plant that I've had for about a year. 

It too, grows better with very little water.

When I repotted everything not long ago I added my own compost

& that's how I ended up with a tomato &

{I think} pepper plant in the middle of March.

I am hoping they continue to do well so I can add them to my garden.

I have to put them in the hanging pots so the cats don't eat them as well.

The top left hanging basket is my Camellia sinensis.

I have just started to learn more about this plant & hope to someday get it big enough

to harvest my own tea.

I would greatly appreciate any tips from gardeners  growing their own tea.

I really want it to do well & I know that living in Zone 5 isn't the best place for it...

I'd love to see what you have growing on your windowsill!